Garment-fastening.



No. 836,263. PATENTED NOV. 20, 1906.

E. KUSGHE. GARMENT FASTENING.

APPLICATION PLED JAN. 29, 1906.

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GARNIENT-FASTENING.

Specification of Letters Ifatent.

Patented Nov. 2o, 1906.

Application filed January 29, 1906. Serial No. 298,445.

To @ZZ Awhom it Wha/y concern:

Be it known that I, ERNST KUsoHE, a subject of the German Emperor,residing at 67 Michaelisstrasse, Breslau, Germany, have invented certainnew and useful Improvements in Garment-Fastenings; and I do herebydeclare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of theinvention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to a fastening device for clothing, the top plateof which is furnished with spring extensions' adapted to be pushedsidewise into the bottom plate.

The essential feature of the invention consists in the arrangementwhereby two slots extend from the opening in the bottom plate, by meansof which the top plate is inserted in the bottom pl te, and in theseslots angular spring extensions on the top plate engage, theV extensionsbeing so arranged that the fastening device can be loosened by simply`moving the two plates one against the other. l/Vhen the fastening iseected, the angular spring extensions on the top plate lie under theedges of the slots in the bottom plate, and thereby hold the top plateand the bottom plate firmly together. The slots, moreover, prevent thetop plate from turning in the bottom plate. No permanent change in theshape of the spring extensions occurs, as when the device is locked theextensions back again into their original position and the top plate andthe bottom plate are securely fastened together.

Referring to the accompanying sheet of in which the invention isillustrated on an enlarged scale, Figure 1 is a side elevation of thebottom plate; Fig. 2, a plan of the bottom plate seen from below; Fig.3, a side elevation of the top plate; Fig. 4, a plan of the same frombelow, and Fig. 5 being a section through A B in Fig. 2, showing the twoplates in position as fastened together.

The bottom plate a is formed with an insertion-slot e, from the narrowend b of which two other slots c extend, having a tongue g left betweenthem. The edges of the slots c are suitably strengthened by being bentvertically, as at d d. The extensions 'it are bent out of the top plateh and are also turned over at the ends c k. When it is desired to fastenthe device, the top plate h is pushed from the side onto the plate a, sothat the spring extensions t' enter the slot e. The extensions 'i tslide along the edges ff, which run together toward the middle of theplate, until they reach the end b of the slot e, when they enter theslots c, springing back into their original position. The angular parts7c k lie under the bent parts d d in the bottom plate, and thereby holdthe plates firmly together. The fastening can be loosened by simplypushing the two plates one against the other.

What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A fastening device for clothing, consisting of a top plate, a pair ofspring-tongues on the plate, a bottom plate having a wedgeshaped recessterminating in two angular slots or recesses adapted to receive andretain the said tongues in the top plate.

2. A fastening device for clothing, consisting of a dished top plate, apair of springtongues on the plate, a dished bottom plate having awedge-shaped recess terminating in two angular slots or recesses adaptedto receive and retain the said tonguesin the top plate.

3. In a fastening device for clothing consisting of a top plate, a pairof integral springtongues on the plate, a bottom plate having awedge-shaped recess terminating in two angular slots or recesses adaptedto receive and retain the said tongues in the top plate.

4. A fastening device for clothing, consisting of a top plate, a pair ofspring-tongues on the plate, a bottom plate having a wedgeshaped recessterminating in two angular slots or adapted to receive and retain thesaid tongues on the top plate, and strengthening-lips on the slotssubstantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have affixed my signature in presence of twoWitnesses.

ERNST KUSCHE.

Witnesses SAML. KATE, BRUNO I-IARDING.

